Neverwinter Forest changing of the guard [ic joining]

She gave him a small smile, noting and appreciating his kind, gentle way and exceptional manners. Someone had raised this boy very well. They passed through an intersection of trails, a mixture of wolf and game mingling in the area, and continued onward. In her own wordless way, she was showing him where most of his packmates tended to move about the lands. She didn't need to explain; his nose would tell him all he needed to know. Neverwinter Forest was a seemingly endless sea of evergreen. It would be easy for a newcomer to lose his way in the labyrinth of giant pines if he didn't know who was friend or foe, what their scents smelled like, and where they led.

"You have a fineness that I don't often see," she observed, referring to his manners and politeness, and glancing at him as they passed a wide clearing, which was obviously a rendezvous area for the pack. The tamped-down grasses and mingling canine scents were evidence of the area's frequent use. "Would you care to tell me of your family? " She asked the question tentatively, in the careful way that one stepped out onto a lake whose ice was uncertain. You never did know with families; sometimes it was all well and good, and other times…well…you wished you hadn't stepped out on that ice, figuratively speaking.

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